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[Gigglepoo]

A little off topic due to halftime
Who can GSW wrangle from FA to sure up the boards and cover the paint?

Kevin Love?

 

[ProvenDeadly]

How can you jump to this conclusion? He's been playing badly the past 7 or so games.

7 or so?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Bron needs to do what he's hated to do for so long and just sit his ass on the block and post up. Especially with his jumper MIA. He may not be as fast, but he's still strong as fuck. Bully ball your way to the hoop and hope for some calls.

That's been failing miserably too though.

 

[white dynamite]

This would never happen in any universe, but KAT would fit perfectly at the 5 for Golden State.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Bron needs to do what he's hated to do for so long and just sit his ass on the block and post up. He may not be as fast, but he's still strong as fuck. Bully ball your way to the hoop and hope for some calls.

He has no moves and he doesn't look explosive enough to bail him out.

 

[PadWarrior]

Barnes has been their best player this half.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Barnes has been their best player this half.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Come on old man that's enough chairs, don't hurt yourself

 

[DietRob]

7 or so?

I'm not really sure. I didn't watch any of the Western Conference playoffs except for the OKC/Warriors series. Has it been more than 7 games?

 

[Cooter]

How can you jump to this conclusion? He's been playing badly the past 7 or so games.

lol what? Go look at his last seven. He's complete ass this game though.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

There will be no finals MVP this year.

 

[Gigglepoo]

This would never happen in any universe, but KAT would fit perfectly at the 5 for Golden State.

Minnesota wouldn't even trade KAT for Curry.

 

[Bitanator]

How can you jump to this conclusion? He's been playing badly the past 7 or so games.

Cleveland is cursed

 

[GraveRobberX]

Kevin Love?

That's straight savagery

No, any good prospects out there?

All that I hear is that Kevin Durant super team talk, just wondering

 

[ProvenDeadly]

I'm not really sure. I didn't watch any of the Western Conference playoffs except for the OKC/Warriors series. Has it been more than 7 games?

He was very good in game 7. He was actually pretty good last game he only had 18 points but was 7/11 from the field. He hasn't really been required to play well this series.

 

[rokkerkory]

HT show so bad!! The music??

 

[PadWarrior]

Lol yes!

 

[DoubleTake]

he was carried like this last finals

As of Now Curry better not even get a whisper of a vote for Finals MVP

He's not sniffing FMVP at this point.

Some stuff I saw in the first half:

1. All aboard the Curry roller coaster. I thought we were done with this after game 7 against OKC, but it's here to stay.
2. Lebron is looking old, I'm sorry to say.
3. Thompson 7 offensive rebounds at the half. Can we not shelve Bogut after half a quarter please?
4. Warriors are still getting a steady diet of wide open looks. That's why they're only down 8.

To your third point. The only reason they cut the lead down was by taking Bogut out and going small. They have to pick their poison. I would stay small and bank on Thompson not continuing to eat them alive on the board.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Curry going to kill this team in the second half. Cavs tried but I expect him to drill a few daggers into them

Kerr sat him next to him like a teacher who's mentoring a troublemaker kid and asked him, "You alright?"

I don't think its happening.

 

[Epsilon-delta]

A stiff breeze can make Adam Silver a human kite.

 

[mjp2417]

GSW has to feel good only being down 8. They have looked terrible so far. Even their runs in the 2nd were more due to Cavs incompetence than Dubs excellence.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

He's not sniffing FMVP at this point.



To your third point. The only reason they cut the lead down was by taking Bogut out and going small. They have to pick their poison. I would stay small and bank on Thompson not continuing to eat them alive on the board.

At this point with there being no real FMVP candidates one good half from Curry could probably put him at the front of the line.

 

[FZZ]

The way LeBron just lost his jumper is one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA

Like how many other great players has that happened to?

 

[Gigglepoo]

The way LeBron just lost his jumper is one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA

Like how many other great players has that happened to?

Shaq couldn't do anything but dunk his last season.

 

[GraveRobberX]

The way LeBron just lost his jumper is one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA

Like how many other great players has that happened to?

He needs to call either The Dream or Kareem and learn their move set

Time Duncan looks off too, those bankable off the board shots just vanished

 

[Bread]

The way LeBron just lost his jumper is one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA

Like how many other great players has that happened to?

he has never had a consistent jumper, now defenders can play him closer on the perimeter because of his lost athleticism.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

The way LeBron just lost his jumper is one of the biggest mysteries in the NBA

Like how many other great players has that happened to?

Zack Lowe and Tom Haberstroh seem to think it could be caused by a change in mechanics from his legs not being what they used to.

 

[Brinbe]

That's been failing miserably too though.

He has no moves and he doesn't look explosive enough to bail him out.

Yeah, he should've developed that a long time ago. He doesn't have much other choice right now.

Anyway, Dubs have to feel good only being down eight after that 1st quarter. They should look to get Curry going right from the start in the 3rd.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Kerr "Like this Curry."

Kerr "You need to get mad and wake up out there like me."

 

[h1nch]

Adam Silver's media savvy has gotten so much better in his short tenure as NBA commish.

No doubt he's probably had the best media coaching money can by, but compared to scumbag Roger Goodell he's orders of magnitude better at coming off as a real person.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

This whole game:

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

He needs to call either The Dream or Kareem and learn their move set

He did that in 2011.

 

[TTG]

To your third point. The only reason they cut the lead down was by taking Bogut out and going small. They have to pick their poison. I would stay small and bank on Thompson not continuing to eat them alive on the board.

They cut the lead down when they took out the splash brothers and black falcon emerged as the best player on the floor. I don't vehemently disagree, but yea, I didn't see Bogut as a problem. Thompson is only second to Drummond as an offensive rebounder though, maybe Adams too.

 

[Chezzymann]

Kerr "Like this Curry."

Kerr "You need to get mad and wake up out there like me."

he looks the same

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

He needs to call either The Dream or Kareem and learn their move set

I don't see that doing much good, since Bron doesn't have the finesse and grace of someone like Hakeem. Not many do, but Bron just ain't smooth like that.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Warriors don't even need Bogut to rebound either, they were doing fine against TT in any lineup in the last 2. It's a matter of effort once again.

 

[GraveRobberX]

He did that in 2011.

Well time to go back!
Refresher course

 

[mjp2417]

Shaq couldn't do anything but dunk his last season.

Shaq never had a shot from beyond 5 feet though. LeBron once did even if he was never an elite jump shooter. I'm surprised there aren't more shot doctor types analyzing this (unless there are and I've somehow missed it).

 

[Violence Jack]

A little off topic due to halftime
Who can GSW wrangle from FA to sure up the boards and cover the paint?

They could go after Al Horford for the right price.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

They cut the lead down when they took out the splash brothers and black falcon emerged as the best player on the floor. I don't vehemently disagree, but yea, I didn't see Bogut as a problem. Thompson is only second to Drummond as an offensive rebounder though, maybe Adams too.

Bogut was the biggest issue.

 

[DoubleTake]

Zack Lowe and Tom Haberstroh seem to think it could be caused by a change in mechanics from his legs not being what they used to.

This is what I think as well. Couple it with the fact that he never really had that great of a jumper before and you get what we're seeing right now.

He's a superstar though so I take it he'll work his ass off in the offseason to fix it.

 

[Kayo Police]

he looks the same

Steve Kerr really don't give a fuck lol. Like his fiery passion

 

[alr1ght]

This lead will probably be gone within 3 minutes.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

They cut the lead down when they took out the splash brothers and black falcon emerged as the best player on the floor. I don't vehemently disagree, but yea, I didn't see Bogut as a problem. Thompson is only second to Drummond as an offensive rebounder though, maybe Adams too.

Did somebody say....

Black Falcon?

 

[Epsilon-delta]

He needs to call either The Dream or Kareem and learn their move set

Time Duncan looks off too, those bankable off the board shots just vanished

The Dream is the best shooting center that I've ever seen.

he has never had a consistent jumper, now defenders can play him closer on the perimeter because of his lost athleticism.

Yup.

 

[rokkerkory]

All that work for 8 pts hmmmm

 

[btown]

Cavs finally showed up huh?

 

[TTG]

Bogut was the biggest issue.

Yea, you're right. It's not like Curry's only points were off a wide open lay up plus 3 turn overs and Klay started like 0-6. Maybe the shaming he got in the first half with precipitate something.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Cavs finally showed up huh?

For a quarter, yeah.

 

[MezzoForte]

Kerr "Like this Curry."

Kerr "You need to get mad and wake up out there like me."

can anyone make out what he says? I think all I got is "motherfucker".